Chapter 14
By: iluvspiderandprinceharry
Review or we might have to duel!!!!!!
Because I'm so mean and I posted that really short cliffhanger I decided to write a nice long chapter!! For the people who have asked me how many chapters I'm going to do, I have no idea. I don't think I'm anywhere close to an ending!
Ok all done rambling!
Onward!
Kel ran and she ran fast. She didn't understand why she was so upset. She had only met Roald that day!! Kel suspected she was beginning to care for him, deeply. Kel had no apparent idea where she was nor did she care. She began to pant and slowed to a stop. She glanced around at her surroundings and found herself right inside the door way to the Palace Gardens. Kel stepped forward slowly, almost cautiously, if she wasn't to be there.
Kel arrived at a bench and sat, wincing as the cold steel connecting with her warm skin. She jumped up and sat down again, lowering herself slowly back onto the cold bench. Kel sat down and thoghut for awhile. A low noise to her left snapped her out of her thoughts and she turned to peer through the dimming twilight at the roses bushes, grouped in large thickets of ugly brambles and wilted flowers. Kel saw nothing and turned back around to sink back into her thoughts. Minutes later the noise came again and then a slow creaking of wood. Kel turned and stared again. She rose up from her seat and stepped daintly down the path leading to the bushes. She walked slow, carefully and delibrately looking at the ground to avoid the roots spread like snakes along the path.
She arrived at the thickets of roses and looked into them. She started to walk along the dirt path that went around the roses and arrived at a small bench, almost entirely inclosed in the bush. Kel could make out Roald's back, sitting on the bench, slumped, his face in his hands, crying. Kel stepped up behind him and placed her hands on his shoulders. Roald jumped and turned quickly, almost knocking Kel down onto the path. Kel gasped as she saw Roald's face. It was red and wet with tears. Dirt streaked his face and his tunic was rumpled and messy. Kel stared at him for a moment and said queitly and caring,"Do you want to talk about it?"
She knew this was more than just Faleron leaving. That was just the event that broke him. Raold nodded and scooted over for Kel to sit down next to him on the dirty little bench. Kel stepped forward and lowered herself down. She faced him Roald and waited for him to begin. He gave her a small shy smile.
"It's not just Fal, though I can't beleive he left, without saying goodbye. I think he knew how much I would try to get him to stay. I hate being a prince! I just hate it! So much pressure and awful duties. I don't want to have an arranged marriage and I want to marry someone I love. Someone who loves me and cares for me as I would care for them. I especially don't want to be king. Do you know how hard it was for me to be a page? I didn't want to favor anyone so I sat with everyone, each night, a differnt person. I had no chance to become good friends with anyone and I still have no chance to have fun. I want to be a knight, I want to help people. I want to be the People's King, a kind and generous ruler, thoughtful, caring, a good father, and representation of Tortall. And I really think I get too much pressure and I think it's too much for me to take right now!" Roald said slowly but delibrately, exclaiming parts he thought of as most important.
Kel nodded, speechless and reached out to hug Roald as a lone tear ran down his cheek. She wrapped her arms around him and just sat there for a few minutes and then Roald pulled away. He smiled at Kel, again shyly but with the light in his eye's was back.
"I just wish, well I wish, I could have someone to care for me, not for me being a prince or for my money because of the person I am," Roald said.
Kel smiled.
Roald said, "What?"
"I think I'm that person."Kel said
Like? Don't like? Go ahead and flame me but creative critiscisim is better(I don't mind flames but I like knowing ways to make my story better). Any suggestion you have please don't put them in reviews but email them to me at ILOVEPRINCEHARRY@aol.com. I love emails about anything(comments, questions,thoughts,suggestions,flames,clearing up confusion etc etc)
RRRRRRR
EEEEEEE
VVVVVVV
I I I I I I I
EEEEEEE
WWWWWWW
! ! ! ! ! ! !
*muah*
By: iluvspiderandprinceharry
Review or we might have to duel!!!!!!
Because I'm so mean and I posted that really short cliffhanger I decided to write a nice long chapter!! For the people who have asked me how many chapters I'm going to do, I have no idea. I don't think I'm anywhere close to an ending!
Ok all done rambling!
Onward!
Kel ran and she ran fast. She didn't understand why she was so upset. She had only met Roald that day!! Kel suspected she was beginning to care for him, deeply. Kel had no apparent idea where she was nor did she care. She began to pant and slowed to a stop. She glanced around at her surroundings and found herself right inside the door way to the Palace Gardens. Kel stepped forward slowly, almost cautiously, if she wasn't to be there.
Kel arrived at a bench and sat, wincing as the cold steel connecting with her warm skin. She jumped up and sat down again, lowering herself slowly back onto the cold bench. Kel sat down and thoghut for awhile. A low noise to her left snapped her out of her thoughts and she turned to peer through the dimming twilight at the roses bushes, grouped in large thickets of ugly brambles and wilted flowers. Kel saw nothing and turned back around to sink back into her thoughts. Minutes later the noise came again and then a slow creaking of wood. Kel turned and stared again. She rose up from her seat and stepped daintly down the path leading to the bushes. She walked slow, carefully and delibrately looking at the ground to avoid the roots spread like snakes along the path.
She arrived at the thickets of roses and looked into them. She started to walk along the dirt path that went around the roses and arrived at a small bench, almost entirely inclosed in the bush. Kel could make out Roald's back, sitting on the bench, slumped, his face in his hands, crying. Kel stepped up behind him and placed her hands on his shoulders. Roald jumped and turned quickly, almost knocking Kel down onto the path. Kel gasped as she saw Roald's face. It was red and wet with tears. Dirt streaked his face and his tunic was rumpled and messy. Kel stared at him for a moment and said queitly and caring,"Do you want to talk about it?"
She knew this was more than just Faleron leaving. That was just the event that broke him. Raold nodded and scooted over for Kel to sit down next to him on the dirty little bench. Kel stepped forward and lowered herself down. She faced him Roald and waited for him to begin. He gave her a small shy smile.
"It's not just Fal, though I can't beleive he left, without saying goodbye. I think he knew how much I would try to get him to stay. I hate being a prince! I just hate it! So much pressure and awful duties. I don't want to have an arranged marriage and I want to marry someone I love. Someone who loves me and cares for me as I would care for them. I especially don't want to be king. Do you know how hard it was for me to be a page? I didn't want to favor anyone so I sat with everyone, each night, a differnt person. I had no chance to become good friends with anyone and I still have no chance to have fun. I want to be a knight, I want to help people. I want to be the People's King, a kind and generous ruler, thoughtful, caring, a good father, and representation of Tortall. And I really think I get too much pressure and I think it's too much for me to take right now!" Roald said slowly but delibrately, exclaiming parts he thought of as most important.
Kel nodded, speechless and reached out to hug Roald as a lone tear ran down his cheek. She wrapped her arms around him and just sat there for a few minutes and then Roald pulled away. He smiled at Kel, again shyly but with the light in his eye's was back.
"I just wish, well I wish, I could have someone to care for me, not for me being a prince or for my money because of the person I am," Roald said.
Kel smiled.
Roald said, "What?"
"I think I'm that person."Kel said
Like? Don't like? Go ahead and flame me but creative critiscisim is better(I don't mind flames but I like knowing ways to make my story better). Any suggestion you have please don't put them in reviews but email them to me at ILOVEPRINCEHARRY@aol.com. I love emails about anything(comments, questions,thoughts,suggestions,flames,clearing up confusion etc etc)
RRRRRRR
EEEEEEE
VVVVVVV
I I I I I I I
EEEEEEE
WWWWWWW
! ! ! ! ! ! !
*muah*